Logical Reasoning

PT17 · S2 · Q18 Dillworth employs which one of

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Dillworth: More and more people are deciding not to have children because of the personal and economic sacrifices children require and because so often children are ungrateful for the considerable sacrifices their parents do make for them.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

18.

Dillworth employs which one of the following argumentative strategies?

  1. showing that considerations cited as

    Trap

    17% picked this

  2. exposing as morally suspect the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. indirectly establishing that a given

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Correct

    distinguishing a category of person

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    70% picked this

  5. using evidence that a certain

    Trap

    8% picked this

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